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Player’s Handbook
, read its thoughts, or magically detect its location, and no spell—not even Wish—can gather information about the target, observe it remotely, or control its mind.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
’s authors filled the pages with their own visions of true virtue, providing guidance for defeating evil.
The Book of Exalted Deeds rarely lingers in one place. As soon as the book is read, it
benefits.
Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. A Fiend, an Undead, or a servant of a god from the Lower Planes
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
creature that can't use a manual of golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6 psychic damage.
d20
Golem
Time
Cost
1-5
Manual of Clay Golems
30 days
65,000 GP
6-17
Manual of
table, working without interruption with the manual at hand and resting no more than 8 hours per day. You must also pay the specified cost to purchase supplies.
Once you finish creating the golem
Monsters
Monster Manual
Shielded Mind. The couatl’s thoughts can’t be read by any means, and other creatures can communicate with it telepathically only if it allows them.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +7
save DC 15):
At Will: Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no Concentration or Temporary
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
again until the next dawn.
Only you can remove the tongue from the book’s cover. If you do so, all spells written in the book are permanently erased.
Vecna watches anyone using this tome and can write cryptic messages in it. These messages typically fade away after they are read.
This book has a desiccated tongue pinned to its front cover. Five of these tomes exist, and it’s unknown which one is the original. The tongue on the first Tome of the Stilled Tongue belonged
Monsters
Monster Manual
.
Read Thoughts. The doppelganger casts Detect Thoughts, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12).
Unsettling Visage (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation
Monsters
Monster Manual
’s thoughts can’t be read by any means, and magic can’t detect its location or observe it remotely.Tentacle. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage. Hit or Miss: Earth explodes from the target’s space, creating the following effect. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 16, each creature in a 10-foot Emanation
of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At Will: Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Stone Shape 1/Day Each: Gaseous Form, Invisibility, Move Earth, Passwall, Plane Shift, Tongues, Wall of Stone
Monsters
Monster Manual
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19, +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Ray of Sickness (level 2
turn.Dracolich Lairs
A dracolich lurks in a corrupted version of the lair it had in life. The region containing a dracolich’s lair is warped by its presence, creating the following effects:
Sapping Mist
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You inscribe a glyph that later unleashes a magical effect. You inscribe it either on a surface (such as a table or a section of floor) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest
it as part of creating the glyph. The spell must target a single creature or an area. The spell being stored has no immediate effect when cast in this way.
When the glyph is triggered, the stored
Monsters
Monster Manual
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22):
At Will: Detect Thoughts, Dimension Door,Dispel Magic, Hypnotic Pattern 2/Day Each: Mass Suggestion, Modify Memory, Plane Shift
Tongue Twister. The
lairs frequently change or exhibit bewildering features.
The region containing an arch-hag’s lair is altered by its presence, creating the following effects:
Lapsus Linguae. Creatures
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Dispel Magic, Fly, Invisibility, Lightning Bolt (level 5 version), Mage Hand
.
The region containing Valindra’s lair is warped by her presence, creating the following effects:
All-Seeing. While in her lair, Valindra can cast Clairvoyance, requiring no spell components
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
turn.
Spellcasting. Zlan casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect
liches, creating an amalgamated form.
Zlan is the foremost mind among the liches and controls the body, The other liches rage and scheme about being subsidiary to someone they once considered both a
Monsters
Astarion's Book of Hungers
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Dispel Magic, Fireball (level 4 version), Mage Hand, Prestidigitation
2/Day: Scrying
1/Day: Wall of FireLegendary
containing an infernalist’s lair is warped by its presence, creating the following effects, all of which happen at the vampire’s discretion:
Diabolic Beasts. Animals in the vampire’s domain
Spells
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
otherwise stationary.
If you cast this spell while concentrating on a spell or an ability that allows you to read or manipulate the thoughts of others (such as detect thoughts or modify
memory), you can transform the thoughts or memories you read, rather than your own, into a thought strand.
Casting this spell while holding a thought strand allows you to instantly receive whatever
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18):
At Will: Detect Magic, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form
empires.
The region containing an adult or ancient spirit dragon’s lair is changed by its presence, creating the following effects:
Enchanted Acoustics. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair have
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
.
Spellcasting. The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22):
At Will: Detect Magic, Shapechange
containing an adult or ancient spirit dragon’s lair is changed by its presence, creating the following effects:
Enchanted Acoustics. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair have Advantage on Charisma
Book of Exalted Deeds
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
digest its contents and gain its benefits. Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. An evil creature that tries to read
Wisdom score increases by 2, to a maximum of 24. You can’t gain this benefit from the book more than once.
Enlightened Magic
Once you’ve read and studied the book, any spell slot you
Detect Thoughts
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
detect the presence of a creature in this way, you can read its thoughts for the rest of the duration as described above, even if you can’t see it, but it must still be within range.
For the duration, you can read the thoughts of certain creatures. When you cast the spell and as your action on each turn until the spell ends, you can focus your mind on any one creature that you
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, message, prestidigitation, ray of frost
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): —
3rd level (3 slots): counterspellWithering Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
and headed toward the Sea of Moving Ice, hoping to find a tome called The Codicil of White, a book of magic and lore composed by servants of Auril the Frostmaiden. The Arcane Brotherhood believes that
Couatl
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Basic Rules (2014)
Weapons. The couatl's weapon attacks are magical.
Shielded Mind. The couatl is immune to scrying and to any effect that would sense its emotions, read its thoughts, or detect its location.Bite
Innate Spellcasting. The couatl's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring only verbal components:
At will: detect evil and good
Magic Items
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
This polished Eberron dragonshard fits in the hand and stores information similar to a book. The shard can hold the equivalent of one book that’s no more than 320 pages long. A shard can be
concentration (as if concentrating on a spell) and takes the same amount of time it takes you to read and write normally. Thinking of a particular phrase or topic draws you to the first section in the shard
Magic Items
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
inside you, you can speak, read, and write Deep Speech.
Spells. The earworm has 4 charges. You can cast the following spells from it, expending the necessary number of charges (spell save DC 15
): detect thoughts (2 charges) or dissonant whispers (1 charge). Each time you use the earworm to cast the detect thoughts spell, it sends the information gleaned to the nearest daelkyr, or
Swarm of Cranium Rats
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
than half of its hit points remaining, the swarm can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
At will: command, comprehend languages, detect thoughts
1/day each: confusion
temporary hit points.
Telepathic Shroud. The swarm is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as to all divination spells.Bites. Melee Weapon Attack: +5
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
following spells, requiring no components:
At will: encode thoughts (see chapter 2), friends
3/day each: charm person, detect thoughts, mage armor, sleep, suggestion
1/day each: dominate person, mass
the aura of mystery that shrouds them and their work. Their ability to read and alter memories commands respect from the other members of House Dimir and makes them useful in the full spectrum of the guild's activities. Many mind mages lead cells of their own.
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). Auspicia's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence. She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
At will: detect thoughts
1/day
of psionic power. She can't help but read others' minds, but finds that wearing a diamond earring helps tamp that unwitting ability down. This magic has also left her connected to the crypt in a way
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
attacks are magical.
Secure Memory. Crokek'toeck is immune to the waters of the River Styx as well as any effect that would steal or modify its memories or detect or read its thoughts.
Standing Leap
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the slasher fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shrouded Presence. The slasher is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its
fear into innocents across lands and over ages.
Creating a Relentless Killer
Relentless killers come into being and undertake their terrifying sprees for a spectrum of reasons. When creating a
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as to divination spells.Bites. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bites"} to hit
the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: command,* detect thoughts,* sending*
1/day each: confusion,* dominate monster*
*To cast this spell, the swarm must have more than half its hit
Hydroloth
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
to the waters of the River Styx as well as any effect that would steal or modify its memories or detect or read its thoughts.
Watery Advantage. While submerged in liquid, the hydroloth has advantage
, requiring no material components:
At will: darkness, detect magic, dispel magic, invisibility (self only), water walk
3/day each: control water, crown of madness, fear, phantasmal killer, suggestion
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
):
At will: detect magic, disguise self, invisibility, light, mage hand, message, prestidigitation, Tasha's hideous laughter
3/day each: dispel magic, fly, polymorph
1/day each: maze, telekinesis
Oerth as Iggwilv the Witch Queen, a peerless wizard and conqueror. It was she who wrote the Demonomicon of Iggwilv—the greatest of all treatises on the Abyss and its demonic inhabitants. (The book
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
you and can speak, read, and understand any language it knows (see “Random Properties” below).
Life Support. Whenever you end your turn with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom
(roll a d6): (1–2) detect evil and good or (3–6) detect magic. The docent decides when to cast the spell.
Personality. A docent is designed to advise and assist the warforged it’s
Gynosphinx
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Basic Rules (2014)
Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain the
following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, shield
2nd level (3 slots): darkness, locate object
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect thoughts, encode thoughts (see chapter 2), freedom of movement, vicious mockery (4d4;{"diceNotation":"4d4","rollType":"damage
equipment he is wearing or carrying isn't transformed.
Psychic Defenses. Unless Lazav is incapacitated, he is immune to magic that allows other creatures to read his thoughts, determine whether he is
Classes
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon’s hoard, creating your bond through that token’s lingering draconic magic.
2
A secret order of rangers who collect and guard draconic lore taught you their ways.
3
A
power.
5
An ancient Draconic inscription on a standing stone empowered you when you read it aloud.
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You had a vivid dream of a mysterious figure accompanied by seven yellow canaries, who warned you of impending doom. When you awoke, your drake was there, watching you.